Dr. Basem M. William, MD, MRCP(UK), FACP

Clinical Trials

• Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of MRG-106 in Patients With Mycosis Fungoides (MF), CLL, DLBCL or ATLL
• Study for the Evaluation of a GVHD Negative Outcome Score (GNOS) in Matched Unrelated or Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
• Study of Ibrutinib in Relapsed and Refractory T-cell Lymphoma

Media Releases

Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Basem M. William, who serves patients in Ohio.

Dr. William is a hematologist with an internationally-recognized expertise in hematological malignancies, lymphoma, T-cell lymphomas (cutaneous and systemic), drug development, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and cellular therapy. 

In March of 2021, he joined OhioHealth to help start a comprehensive Malignant Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. He is currently the Clinical Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program & Medical Director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. He was recruited from the Ohio State University (OSU) Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he was an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, and leader of the T-cell Lymphoma Program for 4 years. 

A native of Egypt, Dr. William earned his medical degree from Ain Shams University in 1996 and did his initial training in internal medicine and hematology at Ain Shams University Hospital. His US-based residency was done in UPMC McKeesport in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was in practice as a hospitalist for 4 years, and a visiting investigator at the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor, Maine before starting his fellowship in hematology / oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University for 3 years before joining OSU in 2015. He has over 20 years of cumulative clinical experience in internal medicine, and hematology.

He has been a principal investigator (PI)/co-investigator/site PI on over 100 clinical trials in hematological malignancies and cell therapy. He published over 75 peer reviewed articles, over 120 peer-reviewed abstracts, and 5 book chapters and has previously served on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines expert panel in T-cell Lymphomas. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Hematology, Oncology, Internal Medicine, and Hospice/Palliative Medicine and is a member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.

On a more personal note, Dr. William is married and has two daughters. He lives in Dublin, OH and enjoys outdoor activities with his family.

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